Pentlatch > LINGUIST List Language Search
Name:
Pentlatch
Type:
Language
Alternate Names:
Puntlatch; Pentlatc; pənƛʼáč
Once Spoken in:
Canada
Code:
ptw
Code Standard:
ISO 639-3
Documentation:
LINGUIST List
Families:
Salishan (Salish)
Parent Subgroup:
Central Salish; Coast Salish (csal)
Brief Description:
"Pentlatch was a Central Salish language formerly spoken on the east coast of Vancouver Island to the south of the Island Comox. The last speaker died in 1940." Victor Golla, Atlas of the World's Languages 2007 pg. 21
Linguist List Status: Extinct UNESCO Status: Extinct Ethnologue Status: Extinct Sutherland's Red List: Not listed
Endangerment Status
Linguist List Status: Extinct UNESCO Status: Extinct Ethnologue Status: Extinct Sutherland's Red List: Not listed
Map of Pentlatch
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